Juneteenth did not mean the end of slavery — for that system continues, not just here in the US, but internationally — and we have an opportunity to reclaim Juneteenth as an ongoing global struggle for African liberation, and an end to US imperialism.
On May 14, Grassroots International staff from our US internationalist and Middle East programs joined a gathering of practitioners, movement leaders, and activists at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, to trace the past, present and future of Black-Palestinian solidarity.
Jeremy and Caitlin show how strong our donor community is. Just as we support social movements for the long term, donors are making long-term commitments — inspired by each other.
Grassroots grantee the Federation of Southern Cooperatives (FSC) has been celebrated for its "Farmers As First Responders" video campaign. It shows how Black farmers in the US South have historically resisted racial oppression and created cooperatives to express collective care, self-determination, and political power.
Although 2022 has been tumultuous in many ways, it has been a year of steadfast building, deepening, and growth – for social movements, and for us as a movement support organization.
Peasant, Indigenous, and feminist movements challenged false solutions and greenwashing at the conference while offering up real solutions coming from those most impacted by the climate crisis.
As social movements are increasingly reconvening in person, so are movement allies. This past month, Grassroots International staff dusted off their luggage to take part in several major gatherings, and we’re now packing our bags for more.
With recent spikes in food, fuel, and fertilizer prices raising alarms of intensifying hunger globally, food and farm advocates are calling for lasting solutions to a food system in crisis.
Following tireless community organizing led by Rise St. James, residents of St. James Parish, Louisiana, have successfully stopped the development of what would have been the largest methanol factory in North America.
For January 2022, Grassroots is looking at the year ahead, the social conditions impacting our and our partners’ work, and the stories of resistance and solution-building we’ll be sharing with our supporters.
In an area where air quality are among the worst in the country, RISE St. James is working tirelessly to change the landscape.
While recognizing that with every victory comes a new front of struggle in collective efforts to transform the world, we cap off 2021 with twelve movement successes involving our partners and allies whom we have been honored to accompany.
Grassroots International stands with Indigenous movements at the forefront of the global climate justice movement. They are building upon centuries-long struggles for Indigenous sovereignty over land, water and other forms of territory.
